World Demolition Summit and Awards Approaches

The 2016 World Demolition Summit gets underway on Friday at the Marriott Biscayne Bay Hotel, Miami, USA.

A healthy attendance is expected for this year’s Summit, which is being held outside of Europe for the very first time and features speakers from Europe, North America, New Zealand, and Japan. This is followed by an evening awards dinner celebrating the best in demolition and recycling from a shortlist compiled of entrants from 15 different countries.

C&D Consultancy has a strong presence at the Summit. Demolition Consultant Mike Kehoe will be delivering a talk during the conference that explores the question ‘Can traditional demolition learn from explosive demolition?’

Industry veteran Kehoe joined C&D just over three years ago, running the Liverpool and London offices, and has quickly become recognised as an expert in inner city demolition. He follows in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, who both worked in the demolition industry.

Furthermore, C&D has been shortlisted for two jobs in the Collaboration Award category of the World Demolition Awards.

The first nomination recognises the role C&D played alongside J Bryan Victoria, One Vision Housing and Technical Demolition Services in recovering the demolition of Seaforth Tower in Liverpool earlier this year, after initial explosives failed to bring down the two tower blocks.

The second is for C&D’s work alongside Dem-Master, Safedem, and Keltbray on the New Gorbals Housing Association’s demolition of the high rise flats at Glasgow’s Norfolk Court in May 2016.



“We are absolutely delighted to be shortlisted for the Collaboration Award again this year, having won it in 2015 for our collaboration with Safedem on Whitevale and Bluevale Towers in Glasgow. ” added C&D Lead Consultant, John Woodward.

“It is particularly pleasing that we have been nominated for two jobs. I believe that these collaborative networks have strengthened our reputation as a trouble-shooter and technical expert and contributed towards our growth.”

John concluded: “I am thrilled that our work has been recognised and we are all really looking forward to the awards ceremony. We wish all the other nominees all the best on the night.”


Keep an eye on our website over the next few days to see full details and results from the World Demolition Awards ceremony.

Drone captures fantastic footage of superhigh reach machine at SightHill in Glasgow

The footage you see above was captured by a drone being flown remotely and with its cameras trained on the superhigh reach machine of Technical Demolition Services.

This is actually the last of the blocks of flats at SightHill in Glasgow. What a fitting way to see it for the last time.

Roystonhill High Flats demolition video

Footage has emerged from a new angle of the successful blowdown of Rosemount Street by Safedem earlier this year. It's short, but sweet:

EDA Annual Convention 2016 preliminary program announced

The European Demolition Association has printed the preliminary program for the Annual Convention 2016 being held in Glasgow, Scotland on June 9th – 11th, 2016.

Here it is in full:

Professional program – Friday, June 10th

Multilingual conference will have simultaneous interpretation.

09:00 Opening by the moderator of the conference and institutional words

09:30 Conference session 1

» How demolition is changing Glasgow
» Reciclyng metals – Current data and new trends
» FISSAC Project: The FISSAC Project: Fostering industrial symbiosis in the construction and demolition value chain
» Case story: Demolition of the Earls Court Exhibition Centres

Coffee break & networking

11:30 Conference session 2

» Guidelines for safe circulation of building materials
» Removal and recycling of External Thermal Insulation Composite Systems
» Case story: Case story: Salvage Baltic Ace project

Lunch & networking

14:15 Conference session 3

» Monitoring decontamination sites
» Preparation of the demolition of three skyscraper buildings in Cologne
» Case story: Demolition of Concordia wreck at Genoa port

Coffee break & networking

16:30 Conference session 4

» Advance of the EDA Industry Report
» Deconstruction of high rise buildings using tower cranes
» Case story: Decontamination of heavy metals

18:00 End of the Conference

The EDA website has more information about the event and details about how to register.

EDA to present Annual Convention 2016 at the World Demolition Summit

The EDA has announced that they will present their Annual Convention 2016 during the World Demolition Summit 2015. The Annual Convention will be held between June 9-11 in Glasgow. There will be a full program conference and networking time.

If you are interested in attending, visit the EDA Annual Convention 2016 web page.

Source: EDA

Tarfside Oval towers in Glasgow imploded

C&D Consultancy are proud to have been appointed as Principal Designer for the demolition of four tower blocks at Tarfside Oval, Cardonald, Glasgow by Dem-master. Three of the towers had their top 16 floors brought down last Sunday, footage of which can be seen below.



If you're wondering about that fourth block, it will be demolished using a high reach as it is too close to housing to risk using explosives. Once down, the site will be cleared ready for 50 new homes to be built starting late 2016.

Source: D&Ri

Four multi-storey blocks to be demolished in south Glasgow

Tarfside Oval is being regenerated, and the Glasgow Housing Association has decided to demolish four mutli-storey tower blocks in the area as part of that plan.

The four blocks in question are 20, 40, 60, and 80 Tarfside Oval in Cardonald, south of Glasgow. The flats are already empty of residents, but still cost money to maintain up to a safe standard. Demolishing them will make way for new housing to be built on the land. In total some 60 houses are planned.

This is not a decision the GHA has taken alone. Local residents are apparently in favour of the demolition occurring. The flats are very umpopular and regenerating them would have been even more costly. So now demolition is on the cards, with the work taking place before the end of 2015 and meaning we could see new houses appearing there at some point in 2016.

Source: GHA

Glasgow Housing Association starts demolishing Knightswood tower blocks

Back in July eight tower blocks were chosen for demolition around the Plean Street and Lincoln Avenue areas of Knightswood in Glasgow. Now the Glasgow Housing Association has begun demolition work on two of those blocks: 240 and 280 Lincoln Avenue.

Four blocks have already been refurbished on the estate and residents moved out of these two towers, the current work underway is the soft strip of both towers by Technical Demolition Services. After that a long reach machine will be used to bring the towers down.

Source: Urban Realm

Another major CDM-C order for C&D

We are pleased to announce that C&D have been awarded another major CDM-C order for works on the demolition of four tower blocks in Scotland.

This increases our workload in Scotland to 27 tower blocks currently on site or about to commence and certainly justifies the decision to open the Glasgow office.

Full details will follow shortly.

We are growing fast

Business continues to grow at C&D with the award of a number of high value contracts earlier in the year that commenced on site in July resulting in the company's highest ever monthly turnover figures which shows an increase of 85% from the same month in 2014.

The additional orders are for prestige works in London, where we have 8 projects on site, Glasgow, where we have 10 projects on site and the North West with 3 projects on site.

We are delighted that our hard work in the previous six months has now resulted in the increase in turnover and we look forward to building on that increase as we move into quarter three of 2014.

C&D expands operations into Glasgow

Following our recent successes in winning work in Glasgow and the surrounding area, C&D have decided to open a Glasgow office in the West End of the city.

As of Monday 12th May our new office in Glasgow will be open at:

C&D Consultancy,
38 Lansdowne Crescent
Glasgow
G20 6NH

The office will be officially opened by John on Tuesday 10th June but it is open for business from this week.

Safedem implodes 25-storey block of flats in Glasgow

Safedem has successfully completed the demolition of a 25-storey block of flats in Roystonhill, north Glasgow, which have been standing since 1968.

The implosion can be watched above and used 40kg of explosives to bring the block down in just 5 seconds. The clean up operation involving the removal of 10,000 tonnes of debris will be completed by the middle of 2014.

The demolition was greenlit by the Glasgow Housing Association, which has already invested £1.3 billion regenerating the area and housing across the entire city. In place of these flats 100 new homes will be built as well as around 300 more homes planned for the Sighthill and Barmulloch areas of the city.

Source: KHL

Govan shipyard cranes in Glasgow set for demolition and C&D have nothing to do with it!

Regular readers will know that C&D are very busy North of the Border and particularly in Glasgow, and that we are shortly about to open a Glasgow office so you may have expected us to be involved in the demolition of the Govan shipyard cranes.

However, we can advise that Reigart Demolition have won this prestigious contract and work starts this week. Details of the contract can be found on the STV News website.

Coleman celebrate 50 years of trading with a bang!

Congratulations to Coleman & Company on achieving 50 years in business. From the early days of muck shifting with a machine and a couple of wagons the company has progressed to complex demolitions throughout the UK such as this textbook blowdown in Glasgow.

C&D were not involved with this project, but we can sit and watch it and admire the organisation that was involved in achieving such a successful outcome.

Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games organisers inviting £3 million bids

The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games organisers are inviting bids for construction management services worth up to £3m.

Glasgow 2014 is seeking to engage a partner to provide services including project management and technical support as well as performing the duties of the principal contractor under the Construction (Design & Management) Regulations.

If you are a principal contractor that likes a challenge and are happy to work to tight timescales then this could be the job for you.

Second tower in the series of Red Road demolitions successfully completed by Safedem Limited

On Sunday, just before noon, saw the second of the iconic Red Road, Glasgow towerblocks successfully demolished by Safedem Limited using explosive demolition.

The demolition of one of the "point blocks" came after several months work for Safedem in removing asbestos materials and preparing the 32 storey steel framed block for demolition and several months work for the C&D CDMC team of John Woodward & Craig Wilkinson.

William Sinclair MD of Safedem and lead explosives engineer was joined on this blast by his father David Sinclair who flew over from the USA to assist with the preperation work and charging up. The blast on Sunday came after a very early start for the team (including John & Craig) to establish the exclusion zone, set up the blast control centre and evacuate several hundred residents from their homes before the blast could go ahead.

The blast design for this block was different in as much as the block was smaller in length but considerably "fatter" than the slab block demolished in July 2012 and, as such, the collapse mechanism could not be the same.

We have included footage of yesterday's blast above and you can compare it to the film shot by the One Show in July. Mark Anthony of DemolitionNews has also captured some stunning shots, which are available to view on fotopedia.

Coleman & Company quarterly update

Coleman & Company have released their quarterly news update covering everything that has happened and is going to happen in the near future.

Highlights include:

• The challenging removal of a National Grid gas holder roof in Liverpool
• The securing of a demolition contract for Jaguar Land Rover’s “Body in White” assembly plant
• A £2m contract to blow down two 24 storey blocks in the Gorbals estate, Glasgow
• The renovation of Holly Wood Park, Great Barr

You can check out full details of each project by visiting colemanupdate.com

Coleman and Company near the end of Shawholme Crescent, Glasgow demolition

Coleman & Company of Shady Lane, Great Barr, Birmingham have continued with the demolition of Shawholme Crescent, Glasgow and are now nearing the end of the main demolition works.

C&D were appointed as CDM-C on the project to continue our working relationship with both Coleman and their client Glasgow Housing Association.

The contract saw Coleman & Company demolish the towers by use of high reach machines to complete the works.

The photo shows the final section of the second of the two blocks. Once demolition is completed at the end of August Coleman will remain on site to process the hardcore and remove the foundations from the blocks.

IDE Regional meeting Glasgow May 1st 2012

The IDE held the recent Scottish regional meeting in Glasgow on May 1st and the turnout was excellent. Over a dozen Scottish IDE members and guests met at the Hilton Grosvenor Hotel to discuss issues facing the demolition industry today both North and South of the border.

John Woodward chaired the meeting and also did a small presentation on HSE priorities for 2012 as well as showing the Armac Group time lapse film of their work on Catthorpe Viaduct, which you can watch here.

Dangerous tower block in Glasgow to be demolished this week

Earlier this year a tower block in Glasgow located at London Road had to be evacuated. The building was deemed unsafe after tenants noticed large cracks appearing in the walls seemingly overnight. The owners were given until April 27th to either repair or demolish the building. That order lapsed with no action having been taken.

Now the local council has decided the block needs to come down and the wheels have been set in motion for the demolition to happen this week. The quick turnaround is due to the fact the building continues to show signs of movement, suggesting it could soon come down on its own potentially causing injury to passers by.

Source: 24dash